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ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng

ihor-sokoliuk/mcp-searxng is an MIT-licensed Model Context Protocol server that exposes any self-hosted SearXNG meta-search instance to MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, and other agent runtimes, with a published npm + Docker surface and zero API key requirement.

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Score7.6
Popularity6.5
Riskconditional
TierGold
Score breakdown
Usefulness8.0
Novelty7.0
Momentum7.0
Maturity6.2
Open-source/build8.4
Evidence7.2
Workflow potential9.1
Setup ease8.8

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Why it matters

Useful for agentic developers, security-conscious teams, and AI builders who need a private, self-hostable web search tool that an agent can call without leaking queries to a third-party search API.

Who should use it

agentic developers who want a private web search tool for Claude, Cursor, or another MCP clientsecurity-conscious teams that need to keep agent search queries inside their own networkAI builders who already self-host SearXNG and want a no-API-key MCP wrapperMCP server authors looking for a clean, MIT-licensed reference implementation

Who should skip it

Skip if the source link, docs, or setup requirements do not match your workflow.

Risk explanation

It forwards agent search queries to a SearXNG instance that you (or the operator) controls, so confirm where the instance lives, who can see query logs, and what upstream engines SearXNG is configured to query before connecting a production agent.

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Closest alternatives / related signals

mcpsearchsearxngself-hostedprivacyopen-source